headlong
英['hedl??]
美['h?dl??]
- adj. 輕率的；頭向前的；匆促而用力的
- adv. 頭向前地；猛然用力地
中文詞源
headlong 頭朝前的，莽撞的
head,頭，-long,向前。引申詞義莽撞的。
英文詞源
- headlong (adv.)
- late 14c., headling, also headlings, "headfirst (downward); headlong (forward); without thinking, hastily," from hed "head" (see head (n.)) + adverbial suffix -ling. Altered by c. 1400 to conform with sidelong, etc. Its true companions are now mostly obsolete: darkling, backling, flatling, etc.
雙語例句
- 1. She missed her footing and fell headlong down the stairs.
- 她一腳踩空，頭朝下摔下了樓梯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
- 他們說，現(xiàn)在整個國家會不可避免地一頭陷入衰退中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The army was in headlong flight.
- 部隊當時正倉皇奔逃。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She fell headlong into the icy pool.
- 她倒栽蔥掉進了冰冷的水池中。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. The little boy fell headlong down the flight of stairs.
- 那小男孩頭朝下跌下樓梯.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》